66 THRUSH. 



A. — Turdus chrysogaster, Ind. Orn. i. 350. Gm. Lin. i. 835. 

 Merle a ventre orange du Senegal, Bvf. iii. 377. PI. ail. 35S. 

 Orange-bellied Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 63. Shaw's Zool. x. 254. 



Length eight inches. Bill brown ; head, chin, throat, and upper 

 parts of the body, wings, and tail green, reflecting orange in par- 

 ticular lights ; under parts, from the throat to the vent, bright 

 orange ; webs of a few of the outer quills white ; legs brown. 

 Inhabits Senegal ; supposed to be a young bird of the last. 



B— L'Oranbleu, Buf. iii. 377. PI. enl. 221. Gen. Syn. iii. 63. A. 



The upper parts in this bird incline much to blue ; each feather 

 deeper coloured on the margin ; under parts of the body orange. 

 This appears to be a further Variety. 



5.— ORANGE-HEADED THRUSH. 



Turdus citrinus, Ind. Orn. i. 350. 

 Orange-headed Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. 145. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half. Bill dusky ; head, neck, 

 breast, and belly, orange ; back, wings, and tail, grey ; vent white ; 

 on the lesser wing coverts a white spot ; thighs ash-colour. 



Inhabits India. — This appears to vary much in colour ; in some 

 the general hue is brown, in others blue grey ; head, neck, and 

 breast, yellow ; lower belly and vent white, with a patch of white on 

 the outer edge of the wing coverts. One of the latter in the collec- 

 tion of the late General Davies. Said to be found at Calcutta the 

 whole year, but not common ; feeds on insects, and small wild fruits; 

 not often kept tame ; is called Bhawa Cuhora ; by the Benghalese, 

 Dama ; but is not allied to the Daumah Thrush, hereafter described. 

 In some drawings there is a triangular mark behind the eye. 



